Dorfprozelten in Bavaria


Dorfprozelten, below the Henneburg fortress


Prozelten is a rather small town. It has a single thoroughfare, Hauptstrasse, literally 'main street' where you can find the Rathaus 'city hall' which is the building on the right hand side of the picture


One of the columns in front of the Rathaus' main entrance, it has high water levels marked, the highest of which is marked as the 29th of Feb. 1784 at the very top of the column, which is about 7-8ft above street level

The clock tower of the Rathaus, the clock face is dated 1600

Further down the main street is the only church in Prozelten

Graffiti or a builder's mark on a building dated 1764

The riverfront along the River Main

Most of the houses in the town are built along the side of the Henneburg hill, tightly packed behind the Hauptstrasse or further along the river wrapping around and up the hill

The path to the Henneburg fortess in the woods above Prozelten

Henneburg is elevated 100m above the town but it is a 500m walk along the path

Henneburg is the name of the castle fortress which is now an overgrown scenic ruin

The entire complex is out in the open and fully explorable

The fortress was built between the 12th and 13th centuries and largely destroyed in a war with the French and Palatinate in 1688

The view of the Main River fron the Henneburg tower. The River Main serves as the border between Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg, the upper half of the picture is part of the state of Baden-Württemberg